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Dava Brown
Should a physician's order be required to access and use a sq port?
When a patient is admitted with a sq port should a physician's order be required to access and use the port?  Is there literature on this?
kmills
I have never seen any

I have never seen any literature that states you need a specific order to access a port other than the order for the IV solution and rate. In the State of Maryland (and many others I am sure) nurses specially trained can actually place and remove the device. This does require a specific order but not just to access the device.

Kim Mills

lynncrni
By sq port, I am assuming

By sq port, I am assuming that you mean an implanted venous port and not a device for subcutaneous infusion. For any implanted port use, the decision about requirements for a physician's order depends upon your hospitals policy and procedure. See Infusion Nursing Standard of Practice #45 Implanted Ports and Pumps, page S45-46. 

 

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI

www.hadawayassociates.com

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

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Milner, GA 30257

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